LEWISTON — Kevin Lewis, CEO of Maine Community Health Options, announces that Malory Otteson Shaughnessy has joined the organization as an outreach and education specialist.

MCHO is a nonprofit that will provide affordable health insurance to Maine people and small businesses beginning in January 2014.

Shaughnessy has more than 25 years of public policy development and advocacy experience. She has held multiple government positions and has extensive stakeholder coordination skills. She served as a Cumberland County commissioner and was a founding member of the Cumberland Public Health District.

In her position with MCHO, she will support the development and implementation of community and consumer outreach, education, marketing and communications.

Shaughnessy received her MPP in health policy from the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, and her bachelor of arts degree in political science and economics from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She resides with her husband in Portland.

More information about Maine Community Health Options can be found at www.maineoptions.org.